Mars and Saturn, 11th June

[andyc (Andy)]

Pretty good seeing tonight, and this is the best I've managed so far, 16" Dob with eyepiece projection onto an EOS 60D. Processed with PIPP and Registax 6, about 700 of 1200 frames in each case.

[cometcatcher (Kevin)]

Very nice Andy. Some good detail there.

[Pinwheel (Doug)]

Nice Saturn, your image is upside down at lest from my prospective. I was looking at it too! Nice colour in the bands you've caught.

[ncorreia (Nelson)]

Great shot! You can see Encke Gap (pretty sure that's the name) quite clearly! Way better then I've been able to get so far

[andyc (Andy)]

Thanks Nelson! But the division you're seeing is the Cassini Division - Encke is much narrower and within the outer edge of the A Ring (the A ring is the darker, outer ring in my image).

The Encke gap (division) is well beyond my capabilities, but some of the expert imagers on here can capture it, for example on the far left-hand side of John Hothersall's great image from 25th May. It's not even really visible on the right-hand side of John's image, because it's so narrow and difficult to image.